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Swan Rescue News and ViewsSun, 18 Jan 2015 22:44:01 +0000hourly1https://wordpress.org/?v=4.7.12Comment on Mermaid Quay, Cardiff Bay – A Neat Little Rescue. by Peterhttp://www.swanrescue.org.uk/?p=44&cpage=1#comment-120
Sun, 18 Jan 2015 22:44:01 +0000http://www.swanrescue.org.uk/blog/?p=44#comment-120I believe we spoke about this a little while ago, but if I’m mistaken, please get back to me. Cheers.
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Sun, 07 Sep 2014 19:01:47 +0000http://www.swanrescue.org.uk/blog/?p=44#comment-109Hi we have a lone swan that lives around the roath basin inlets. In last few days he appears to have damaged a leg and is tucking the legover the wing. He is now swimming to one side. He is a favourite with residents. Any idea how best to get the obvious damage assessed? Cheers Paul
]]>Comment on Eastville Park Lake, Bristol – 18th February 2013 by Peterhttp://www.swanrescue.org.uk/?p=296&cpage=1#comment-103
Fri, 24 Jan 2014 16:50:07 +0000http://www.swanrescue.org.uk/?p=296#comment-103Swan Rescue South Wales does not have the authority to adjudicate in respect of when fishing is permitted or not. However, where a ‘closed season’ is in operation in respect of coarse fish, it runs from mid March to mid June.
]]>Comment on Injured swan at Channel View, Cardiff Bay by Sally edwardshttp://www.swanrescue.org.uk/?p=177&cpage=1#comment-99
Sat, 12 Oct 2013 17:15:57 +0000http://www.swanrescue.org.uk/?p=177#comment-99Hi
Hope you can help. I am a resident of Pentwyn in Cardiff. Do you know the small lake behind the leisure centre in Pentwyn just off the motorway? Just came back from a walk there and saw a swan on the lake in distress looked like it had swallowed some fishing line. Hope you can help the swan they are beautiful.

Thanks Sally

]]>Comment on Eastville Park Lake, Bristol – 18th February 2013 by connorhttp://www.swanrescue.org.uk/?p=296&cpage=1#comment-30
Fri, 29 Mar 2013 16:31:15 +0000http://www.swanrescue.org.uk/?p=296#comment-30When can i fish the lake again
]]>Comment on Yet Another Barbed 3-Pronged Hook Incident. by Ellenhttp://www.swanrescue.org.uk/?p=263&cpage=1#comment-27
Thu, 14 Mar 2013 17:39:30 +0000http://www.swanrescue.org.uk/?p=263#comment-27If Kayle has a problem understanding what we do and why we do it then a phone call to the number on our website would have been far better and far more courteous. We have enough to do without trying to explain the hows, whys and wherefores every time we decide to write about our rescue experiences without having to worry about whether what we write is going to upset some member of the public. Just two points – Steve did NOT slag off the vet Mr Visram, and we do NOT work with the rspca in fact, we are quite independant of them and that’s how we want it to stay. All our casualties are taken to the National Swan Sanctuary in Shepperton, Surrey where they have a fantastic swan vet and where the birds will be allowed the best chance of recovery. Unlike the rspca whose policy is a bird with either a broken wing or leg must be euthanased immediately even without first being checked by a vet. This incident was a ‘one off’ call because the Inspector involved knew the swan had the best chance of surviving with us than with the organisation she worked for. And to finish – your criticism of Steve is ignorant and absolutely unfounded. He is an invaluable member of our small and over worked group and we would have difficulty managing without him. You know nothing about him or us so just in case you get an urge to write such rubbish again then check your facts first and don’t wait nearly twelve months before doing it.
]]>Comment on Yet Another Barbed 3-Pronged Hook Incident. by adminhttp://www.swanrescue.org.uk/?p=263&cpage=1#comment-26
Thu, 14 Mar 2013 16:21:01 +0000http://www.swanrescue.org.uk/?p=263#comment-26It’s good to know that Kayle is a real person, and not just an internet troll stirring things up. And by extension, that he/she (sorry, not sure, although I guess “she”) is genuine about caring for the swans (rather than just “having a go”.

My comment about my cat’s vaccination bill was just to explain that a visit to MY VET (not based in Monnow) is not cheap! And that if there were a bill for the treatment AND rehabilitation, then I think it would be very expensive.

And as it turns out, the RSPCA were involved with this one – and called Ellen and Peter. I stand by my opinion that if Swan Rescue South Wales were not there to take the swan to Shepperton, that it might well have been euthanased. And this by a huge charity with paid vets and Animal Collection Officers (ACO’s) rather than a tiny group of unpaid volunteers like Ellen and Peter.

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Thu, 14 Mar 2013 03:23:42 +0000http://www.swanrescue.org.uk/?p=263#comment-25Peter,
thank you so much for your reply. If you had fully explained that on your blog originally things would have been more clear, obviously I have not had 35 years experience rescuing beautiful swans but us ‘mere mortals’ are left confused by what you do – are we not allowed to ask – for eg ‘Steve’ has a go at what this vet charges for cats, now I think if you love your cat, as I do, 35 quid is well spent and I think this particular vets is really good Mr Visram is an excellent vet who should be able charge whatever he thinks is right to keep cats safe. What does that have to do with swans? Having slagged off a wonderful vet he then goes on to have a go at the rspca. Now you, on the other hand say the rspca called you – why is your man having a go at them saying they would kill it when you obviously work with them? Clearly they did not kill it but called you in order to save it. Please understand me now, I’m not critising you personally, I’m just asking you about this discrepancy, if I dont ask or you dont explain then how can I know how this all works? Your man Steve seems to think I would be unwilling to pay for an injured animal. This is also not the case- I see these lovely swans every day on the Monnow why woudlnt I want to help them if they needed help? Of course we are protective of them. I can read what you put on your blog but if you would explain in more detail, what you do and your reason for doing it, because we the public dont honestly know, Im not ‘silly’ or ‘ill informed’ – I only know what you choose to tell me, please look at what you post as if you are a member of the public and see how it reads, does it make sense to those who are not not in the know, does it make sense to us ordinary folk? Do you see what I mean? – then it would be easier for people like me to support people like you and what you do – dont you think?
]]>Comment on Yet Another Barbed 3-Pronged Hook Incident. by Peterhttp://www.swanrescue.org.uk/?p=263&cpage=1#comment-24
Mon, 11 Mar 2013 22:50:09 +0000http://www.swanrescue.org.uk/?p=263#comment-24Kayle’s comment is remarkably ill-informed; she writes as if to suggest she has some personal connection with these birds – no!! they are wild birds which, from time to time – and in our experience, all too frequently, have the misfortune to run foul of man and his pastimes.
So, for the record, albeit over a year ago now (it’s a good job I keep a diary), here’s how it really was. We had been called to Bryn Bach Country Park to deal with another swan with fishing line around its legs, when, in the space of a very short space of time we had two calls about the Monmouth swan. Of greater significance was the second of these from an RSPCA inspector asking for help and calling from the vet’s surgery. Consider this; taking the shank of the hook as the centre of a circle, the diameter of said circle, taking in all three barbed prongs of the hook was about 20 mm. This was lodged in the proventriculus – the channel leading to the gizzard. This much had been revealed by the X-ray examination. The good vet had absolutely no qualms about admitting dealing with this problem was outwith his experience – dealing with it using an endoscope was not an option, and he was so relieved to be able to accept our offer to transfer the swan to the National Swan Sanctuary, where dealing with such problems is almost, sadly, second nature; apart from anything else, there is the paramount need to avoid rupturing the carotid artery and the jugular vein; it is a lot of operating time under a general anaesthetic, followed by lengthy after care and rehabilitation. All this was provided at no cost to anyone other than those, who, in total provided the service. The Monmouth vet was pleased to be kept informed of the progress made by this very badly injured casualty of man’s carelessness.
So, please no more of this silly, ill-informed and misguided nonsense; try again when you’ve in excess of 35 years experience of dealing with these problems year in and year out.
]]>Comment on Bloody Eastville Bloody Fishermen! by amyhttp://www.swanrescue.org.uk/?p=311&cpage=1#comment-20
Fri, 01 Mar 2013 19:10:30 +0000http://www.swanrescue.org.uk/?p=311#comment-20Hi. I am so sorry to hear the swan died. I was there when it happened and called it in. The “fishermen” there that day seemed drunk/stoned and appeared to be almost deliberately casting their lines amongst the swans. I don’t get the opportunity to go to Eastville lake that often but 16 month old loves the ducks so I have taken her 3 times in the last 6 months and hate to say this is the 2nd time I have seen a swan with a line caught. We have made our local mp aware of this situation. I think you guys do a brilliant job. It’s such a shame that this happens.
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